distinction is made between the metaphysical identification of realms of reality and the more restricted sub-fields of ontological pluralism (that examines what exists in each of these realms) and epistemological pluralism (the methodology for establishing knowledge about these realms).

Ancient pluralism

In ancient Greece, Empedocles wrote that they were fire, air, water and earth, although he used the word "root" rather than "element" (?????????;

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